A raptor was found injured in the turbine farm in the Valley of Weeping, and was killed

The wind turbine farm in the Golan was only launched 4 months ago, and is already the first victim of the 34 pillars to which 51-meter-long blades are attached:

Ziv Reinstein

12/07/2022

Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 13:37 Updated: 14:03

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First victim of damage to wind turbines in the Golan Heights: This week, an unmanned aerial vehicle was found under one of the wind turbines in the Weeping Valley in the Golan Heights, by hikers who reported it to the Nature and Parks Authority hotline.

The indicator was collected and brought to the wildlife dream home on a safari in Ramat Gan, where it was examined and fractures were found in its wings and body, including an open fracture.

Since the diagnosis was that his chances of rehabilitation and survival were nil, he was killed.

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His chances of recovering and surviving the injury were nil.

The indicator that was hit and killed (Photo: The Society for the Protection of Nature, Kobi Alon)

This is an adult female that was hit by the turbine blades while searching for food for her chicks (Photo: The Society for the Protection of Nature)

The turbine farm was only launched 4 months ago

The turbine farm in the Valley of Weeping has 34 turbines, which rise to a height of about 85 meters and whose length is about 51 meters, and it was launched less than four months ago in a solemn ceremony in the presence of President Yitzhak Herzog and Energy Minister Karin Elharar.

According to Nadav Israeli, a birdwatcher from the Society for the Protection of Nature in the north of the country, this is an adult female who was apparently hit by the turbine blades while soaring and searching for food for her chicks, as the aliens are busy soaring and locating reptiles on the ground and do not notice the turbine blades.

"Wind turbines harm birds, some of them fatal, which could lead to the extinction of species in Israel. The Society for the Protection of Nature opposes the construction of additional wind turbines in Israel and requires law enforcement and planning to closely monitor existing turbines, approved and built in the near future. "Take steps to prevent this damage if necessary. All this before promoting additional turbines," he says.

Fractures were found in her wings and body.

X-ray of the injured female indicator (Photo: Society for the Protection of Nature)

Wind turbines kill hundreds of birds and bats

A report by the Nature and Parks Authority written about a year ago on the turbine farms in Gilboa shows that wind turbines cause the deaths of hundreds of birds and bats. According to Dror Boimel, director of planning at the Society for the Protection of Nature, Israel's territory is included in 2% of the continents that have been found to be most important for global biodiversity, and is therefore of extraordinary importance in this field. "The development of the renewable energies in it must internalize it.

If the extensive construction of wind turbine farms in Israel will lead to the extinction of winged species, then we are replacing a problem with a problem, and thus not dealing with environmental problems.

It is time to stop promoting new wind turbine farms, wait for the accumulation of knowledge and experience from the actual operation of the approved farms,

The kangaroo is a large raptor whose wingspan approaches two meters, specializing in reptile hunting and especially snakes, hence its name (khawiya in Aramaic = snake).

Indians migrate to East Africa in the fall and return to Israel in the spring to nest and raise the next generation here.

These days the cubs are in the middle of the nesting season and most of the pairs are caring for the chicks.

For several years now, a surveillance camera has been installed near the nesting nest in the center of the country, as part of the "Live Raptors" project, with which you can closely monitor the nesting life, witness the nesting process - from choosing the nest and building the nest, through mating and incubation, To better understand the threats against predators in Israel.

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